Scheduled Caste
- Hyderabad
89,000 child labourers in Telangana, majority from SC, ST communities
Hyderabad: As many as 89,000 children under the age of 18 have been found to be engaged in daily wage work across the state, the caste survey conducted by the Congress government…
- Telangana
Telangana caste survey: Iyers, Christians have higher share of inter-caste marriages
Hyderabad: An expert group that analysed the caste survey conducted by the Congress government in Telangana in 2024-25 observed that Iyengers or Iyers report the highest share of households with inter-caste marriages,…
- Telangana
Telangana caste census: SCs, STs three times more backward than general castes
Hyderabad: Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) in Telangana are three times more backward than general caste communities, Backward Classes (BC) are 2.7 times more backward, and 30 per cent of the…
- India
Delhi: Dalit man dies cleaning drain, family claims coerced to receive pay
New Delhi: A Dalit sanitation worker allegedly died while manually cleaning a deep drain in Delhi‘s Dilshad Garden without safety gear, supervised by a mechanism on March 30. Rahul Bed, aged 32, was…
- India
Vacancies for candidates with disabilities open to all categories: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday, April 7, said “unreserved” vacancies for Persons with Disabilities (PWD) are an open pool where merit remains the decisive factor and that eligible candidates belonging…
- India
Govt releases 33 FAQs for first phase of Census
New Delhi: If a live-in couple consider their relationship as a stable union, they should be treated as a married couple for the Census, according to the FAQs given on the self-enumeration…
- Telangana
Telangana BJP hails Supreme Court denying SC status to those who converted
Hyderabad: Telangana Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President N Ramchander Rao on Tuesday, March 24, welcomed the Supreme Court verdict on Scheduled Caste reservation and constitutional rights to those who have converted to…
- India
Conversion to Christianity results in loss of Scheduled Caste status: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday, March 24, upheld an Andhra Pradesh High Court ruling holding that a person who has converted to Christianity and continues to profess and practice the…
- Hyderabad
EVs to be subsidised by 90 pc for SC youth, says Hyderabad Collector
Hyderabad: Young men and women from the Scheduled Caste (SC) can apply for electric two-wheelers and three-wheelers with up to 90 per cent subsidy, the Hyderabad District Collector announced on Thursday, March…
- Telangana
Two Dalit women fight back after Jangaon officials bulldoze their tea stalls
Hyderabad: Two Scheduled Caste women, on Monday, March 16, filed a police complaint and a public interest litigation (PIL) in the Telangana High Court, seeking protection against illegal and arbitrary action by…
- Hate Crime
Dalit families flee Haryana village after youth killed in Holi clash
Rohtak: Several Dalit families have locked their homes and fled Baniyani village in Haryana’s Rohtak district, after a violent Holi clash between a Scheduled Caste community and the Rajput community led to…
- Telangana
Three-year-old boy thrashed by Anganwadi teacher, suffers black eye
Hyderabad: In a disturbing incident from Telangana’s Mulugu district, a three-year-old boy was allegedly thrashed by his Anganwadi teacher, leaving him with a swollen black eye. The incident occurred in Venkatapur village…
- India
Bihar: Mahadalit cremated on road after pathway to crematorium blocked
Patna: A 91-year-old Mahadalit woman’s body was cremated in the middle of a road intersection in Bihar‘s Vaishali district after her family was reportedly denied permission to the cremation ground due to…
- Telangana
Hindered by reservation, man gets SC partner to file for sarpanch in Sangareddy
Hyderabad: Chandrashekhar, a man from the Backward class, was initially disappointed when the post of Tadlapalle’s sarpanch was reserved for the Scheduled caste, hindering him from filing a nomination. However, he found…
- India
CJI Gavai reaffirms his stance on exclusion of creamy layer in reservations of SCs
Amaravati: Chief Justice of India BR Gavai on Sunday affirmed that he is still for exclusion of creamy layer in reservations to Scheduled Castes. Addressing a programme “India and the Living Indian…
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